My buddys motorcycle (1995 Kawasaki Gpz1100) is not idling and accelerating smoothly. It requires alot of choke at startup. It used to startup with almost no choke. Once the bike has been driven for a few minutes I can shut the choke off completely and it will normally idle without shutting off. At idle it seems to fluctuate a little – sort of stumbling along between 800 and 1000rpm – even after. I think it should idle steady at around 900rpm. When I put it in 1st gear and slowly apply the throttle while letting out the clutch – the throttle is not very responsive. It’s not reacting smoothly to small throttle inputs. I’ll slowly apply throttle and nothing seems to happen, and then suddenly the throttle comes on. When I’m starting out from a stop I have to give it a little more gas to keep it from stalling. The throttle response is not smooth and linear.



The bike does not get ridden much – maybe 2k miles per year. It currently has 12k miles on the odometer. It sits in my garage most of the time. I also *think* that after I had the valves adjusted (last summer I think) that it required more choke at startup. The throttle response issue started and seems to be getting worse since the valve adjustment.


THANKS EVERYONE!

 

Got it figured out.....thanks anyways ppls!